The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-15

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dern fool.
9Th other youngsters d shin up t
Miss 'Vevie IN be perlite N sociable. n
she'd smile on one N Civ another a
posy. N talk 18th tn next one, but not
bit more fer one than another.
N they'd talk bout her at work, > n
low she uz Jest bout tn sweetest gal
in all Nevada, n kinder joke one an
other bout who uz 'goin' t git her.
Never paid no sort o 'tentiOn to
Charley; no one sposed he uz wantin'
t git her, too. Finally, jest afore tn
term uz out he did manage t git
sorter 'quainted like, N he'd be able t
meet her 'ithout jest plum fallin' down
from tremblin'.
"One night there uz a dance ct
Meanses Tavern, bout two mile up tn
mountain. whar tn stage changed
hosses. Charley he made out t ask
Miss WE'VE eff she'd go, N she bein'
powerful fond o dancin', lowed she
would. They uz lots O. young people
went up from tn Flat, N they he'd a
gay time, till bout twelve o'clock
Miss 'Vivie told Charley, bein' ez she
he'd 8 teach school tn mex day, she
thought she'd better be goin' home.
She hoped he uz enjoyin' hisself, n sed
ef he didn't want t leave tn dancin'
she lowed she cd git somebody else t
take her home down tn hill. She
| I-no,,,oJ I,Io,o,od ,yoII Of ~ n him a
shootin' matter fer emmy young feller t
try sech thing. but l recken she
couldn't help a-playin' 18th i'm thet
way. Charley he jest sed t her pleas
ure's his law, n got his hat n they
started.
ut uz a nice road, all down hill, n
tn moon uz shinin' bright ez day. n
it uz nice little pasear ez emmy young
feller'd ever want. N jest cool enough
t make it nice t. walk close t'gether,
with Miss 'Vevie holdin' on t Charley's
arm real kittenish like. She uz in tn
best spirits We ever see, n KEEP chat.
term like a mockin' bird bout every
thing under tn sun. N Charley uz
jest about in tn top heaven 18th happi-
ness. He he'd got SOS he cd manage
t. look at her now N then, n say a
word er two 'thout gettin' fiummuxed.
He knowed she uz goin' away ez soon's
her school uz out, bout two weeks
from then, n he felt like he'd got t
say suthin' mighty soon er it'd be no
use. He uz turnin' this thing over n
over n his mind while she uz talkin'
so clipper bout heroes n them truck.
She'd got t. tellin' bout some old
Greek heather fellers she'd read bout
what did big fightin' for the gals they
loved. You Lizzies N Akillees r
suthin' like thet, N sayin' she did adj
mire brave men, N hoped she'd hev
lover some day what'd do big things,
n tellin' how she'd love him. Thet set
Charley t thinkin'.
He didn't know what n all thunder
she meant, n didn't know how t take
her. He felt purity dern shore she
must hev some sort o. idea bout what
he thought Nv her, N he wuzzent
shore whether she meant t. agg him on
er t tell him, gentle like. thet it
wuzn't no use t be barkin' up thet
tree no longer. He felt awful puzzled,
n locked down tn road toards
Bunker's Flat, alayin' down ct tn
bottom so peaceful-like in tn moon
light. All t. onct he seen suthin' cum
a moseyin' up tn road. His heart Civ
big jump. N he looked at Miss
Vevie n seed she hedn't noticed
nuthin'. Then he looked agin, closer,
n he felt purity certain he knowed
what it wuz, N his heart felt better, n
he sed to hisself: Charley Sanders.
now's yer time-now er never Eff
ye're emmy good this is goin' t be tn
time to show itr Then he begun
talkin' kinder keerless like, n KEEP a
walkin' on. N tn thing KEEP on a COM
in, N purity soon tn schoolma'am see
it, too.
"'Why. what's that a-comin', Mr..
Sanders. Looks like MIR. Peterson's
big Noofunland dog, don't it?' 1t do
look powerful like that auimile, seq
Charley. easy like. 1t don't walk ex-
actly like dog. either sez she.
.Mebbe he's tired. sez Charley. She
didn't say nothin' more for a mint,
but KEEP a-eyin' tn thing mighty
sharp. why, do declare, eff it don't
look like bar seq she, laughin' ner-
vous like. Some like bar sez he.
Shejest stopped quick N set her heels
t'gcther-rap! L do b'lieve tbs
bari Charley put his hand up to his
eyes, give a good look at tn thing-it
uz purity near 'em by that time-'n he
lowed it wuz a bar, sure 'nuf, n tn
little schoolma' am got white uz sheet.
She looked round real quick. They
wuz bout half way down tn hill. No.
body in sight but their two selves No
body cd hear 'em if they hollered Th'
road uz so steep behind that they
couldn't climb back uz fast ez TIL
bar. They wuz a bluff on the right
hand side too steep fer climbin', n on
the left hand wuz steep canyon two
hundred feet deep, n most straight
steep. No go there. Charley hadn't
gun ner nothin'. n tn little woman
didn't expect any thing but t. be bar
meat in bout two minutes. TIL bar
uz a-comin' right straight ahead. He'd
seen 'em N started a good gait t onct',
n she cd see his large eyes a-glistenin'
in tn moonlight n it seemed like it
wuz fastened plum on her. n she be-
gun t tremble. N Charley ux a-stand-